The Taming of the Ruffian Hero

Luo Yang had been arrested. The evidence provided by the former members of the Mo Family was enough to sentence him to imprisonment, but he refused to plead guilty and delayed judicial procedure. He also knew some important clues about the death of Zhao Mingjiang and Lin Ziwei. The police tried their best, but they failed to get any information from him.

Chen Yuanxi wanted to take a long breath and have a good sleep. But when he got the news, he was depressed for several days.

“You and Zhao Yuan…” Zhang Dong wished to speak but stop on a second thought.

“Both he and I need to calm down,” said Chen Yuanxi.

Chen Yuanxi did need to be calm.

The day after Wang Xiang’s funeral, Shu Xiaoman met him alone.

She simply showed him a picture of twins, a girl and a boy. They were very similar to Zhao Yuan, and their eyes were like Shu Xiaoman’s.

“When did it happen?” asked Chen Yuanxi.

“At the end of last year, in Inner Mongolia,” said Shu Xiaoman.

Chen Yuanxi smiled thoughtfully and said, “Xiaoman, Zhao Yuan asked me that day if I went to see him in the evening. What do you think about this?”

“I don’t care.”

Chen Yuanxi thoughtfully looked at Shu Xiaoman and asked, “Even if he regards you as me?”

Her gaze changed suddenly.

“But the twins are his son and daughter. They can’t be regarded as anyone and can’t be replaced!” Shu Xiaoman smiled lightly.

“Over the years, you’ve made a lot of progress,” said Chen Yuanxi.

“If I say that I didn’t mean it, do you believe it?” said Shu Xiaoman.

“You stabbed me and told me it was unintentional?” Chen Yuanxi patted his chest and laughed.

“If I had had such an idea, I would have had countless opportunities over the past six years!”

“You had opportunities, but are opportunities equal to success? If you had used some dirty means in this matter, would Zhao Yuan keep you by his side? You were pregnant, but he didn’t know anything. I’m afraid that it was Wanxin who had used dirty means. However, at last, it was you who slept with Zhao Yuan.” Chen Yuanxi seemed to hear something very funny, so that he sneered and laughed.

“Although it was a mistake, I have to admit that I was willing to do it!” said Shu Xiaoman.

“So, were you willing and unintentional?” Chen Yuanxi asked, “Then, if you were unintentional, why didn’t you tell A’yuan and I that you were pregnant when we were investigating other affairs over the past year. We could have discussed whether you should keep the children or not! At least, as the father, A’yuan also has the right to decide! You have completely deprived him of his right to know!”

“I was going to say that, but when I went to visit Zhou Nannan for you, I fell down and went to the hospital. The doctor said that if I couldn’t keep my babies this time, I may never have another child. Wenxi, I still wanted to talk about this matter with A’yuan at that time! But when Zhou Nannan has been asking Zhao Yuan not to hurt you, and went to live in seclusion alone, do you know her pain? At the end of the day, you actually used Nannan, Zhengjuan and me to get your so-called evidence! Yuanxi, at that moment, I didn’t think you are worthy of A’yuan! Do you know, in the past six years he has been…”

Chen Yuanxi waved and interrupted her, “He can judge whether I’m worthy of him. But I’m very sure to say that you, Shu Xiaoman, are not worthy of him! If you and he get together, your second half of life will be full of pain!”

“My children are worthy of him. I believe in time!” said Shu Xiaoman.

“Xiaoman, I have a plan for you. I will give you 200,000 yuan every year and buy another house for you in City G. And it’s okay that if you want to go back to your hometown and live in there! But you have to leave Zhao Yuan. It will be good for three of us!” said Chen Yuanxi.

“Yuanxi, in the face of such a thing, you can still be calm and rational. It seems that Zhao Yuan can’t make you impulsive. The world will look down on you if you two get together. Why do you insist on? Moreover, you haven’t been in touch with Zhao Yuan for such a long time. Maybe the one he likes is Lin Wenxi, not you, Chen Yuanxi!” Shu Xiaoman sneered.

“My only advantage over you is that I can have children, but you can’t!” Shu Xiaoman said with a smile.

When Chen Yuanxi heard this, he suddenly felt cold all over his body. The midsummer had not come, but for him it was as cold as winter. He stared at the picture on the table, and shook his head slightly. He could not believe that Shu Xiaoman, who used to say that she hoped he could be with Zhao Yuan and had paid a lot for him, would be so smart and merciless. Maybe it was all for the two new babies.

Now, it was not Shu Xiaoman who was talking to him, but the mother of two children.

The word ‘mother’ was like a sharp knife, which inserted into Chen Yuanxi’s heart.

He felt pain, unspeakable pain!

Tears suddenly fell from Chen Yuanxi’s eyes. At that moment, he thought of the lot he drew in the temple. He had thought that his kalpa was the fate between Chen Wanxin and Zhao Yuan. Unexpectedly, it referred to the fate between Shu Xiaoman and Zhao Yuan. In the face of two children, even if he was confident and proud, he still could not ignore two innocent children. He failed this time.

“I’m sorry. The children need a father… and a complete home!” said Shu Xiaoman.

Shu Xiaoman asked herself in mind that how long she had not seen Chen Yuanxi crying in front of her. But she knew that only in this way could a person be completely hurt. After a long time, Shu Xiaoman thought of this sentence, and remembered that she had encouraged Chen Yuanxi to make Zhao Yuan a gay. All her things had been lost as time passed. Wasn’t it what she used to want most?

When she stopped mind wandering, Chen Yuanxi had gone and the tea on the table was cold.

On his way back to his residence, Chen Yuanxi met Zhao Yuan, who had been smoking in silence under the street lamp.

“You?” Zhao Yuan seemed to be very confused. He threw away the cigarette and stopped Chen Yuanxi.

“You’re still waiting here, aren’t you? Can’t you bear to see my humiliating appearance, or can’t you bear to see your wife Shu Xiaoman bullied by me? I, Chen Yuanxi, wish you and Shu Xiaoman a happy and lasting marriage and may you have many descendants!” After that, Chen Yuanxi ran away in tears.

The whole box of cigarettes in Zhao Yuan’s hand fell on the ground, and Zhao Yuan was in confusion.

An hour ago, Zhao Yuan planned to ask Shu Xiaoman to come out for a talk. He had decided to send her a house in City G, gave her one billion yuan at a time and 30,000 yuan each month to the children.

He did not want to get married.

He only hoped himself and his beloved one to cool down separately for a period of time. He did not want to hear and know that Chen Yuanxi once again ignored somebody’s life or used someone. The more he heard about it, the more he was afraid that he would be away from him. He was also trying to persuade Luo Yang to testify against Mo Qian and investigating Mo Qian’s weakness, trying to make this criminal admit his crime and be severely punished by law. He hoped that at the end of the whole matter, he could sit down with his beloved one to talk about their whole lives and the six years that they had never mentioned.

He always wanted to be with him, whether he was Lin Wenxi or Chen Yuanxi.

Half an hour later, Shu Xiaoman told Zhao Yuan that Chen Yuanxi would never come back. Zhao Yuan wanted to ask Chen Yuanxi to make it clear, but he could not get in touch with him.

Chen Yuanxi’s residence in the small town was empty.

“Wenxi, what did I do wrong?”

“Chen Yuanxi, how many times have you left me?” Zhao Yuan, out of his wits, wandered around Chen Yuanxi’s house.

Beijing.

As soon as he heard what Chen Yuanxi said, Zhang Dong could not help asking again, “Aren’t you going back? Qingming Festival is coming again.”

“It makes me disgusting there.”

“Gu Xi depends on you very much,” Zhang Dong said, “If he is with you, you won’t be lonely.”

Chen Yuanxi shook his head. Then he nodded and said, “He is my best friend. I always want to roam all over the world with him when everything is settled down. Maybe I can visit Brother Yun Che and Sister Ziping. I haven’t seen them for a long time and I don’t know how old their children are.”

“Uh-huh…” Zhang Dong thoughtfully looked at the great wall winding from Badaling. He did not know why Chen Yuanxi would rather come to Beijing than stay in the small city.

“In fact, is it a pity for you that you didn’t finish your studies in Gifu University?” asked Zhang Dong.

“I have a degree from Caltech, why do I feel pitiful?” Chen Yuanxi answered against his will.

“In fact, the university is very good. There also were so many birch trees in my former military school, just like here,” said Zhang Dong.

“Yes, they are birch trees.” Chen Yuanxi was a little careless.

Zhang Dong thoughtfully looked at the birch trees in Tsinghua University, and suddenly said, “It’s said that the birch tree symbolizes bravery. No matter what difficulties and risks it will meet, it will not change the growth direction he has chosen.”

“When did you start to study the concerns of girls?” Chen Yuanxi said with a smile.

“Yes? I think man is more like a birch in love,” said Zhang Dong.

Chen Yuanxi smiled and said, “Do you still have the mind to study my childhood?”

“Maybe you are the only one I want to study,” said Zhang Dong.

“It’s better to study how to testify against Luo Yang…” Chen Yuanxi said coldly.

Zhang Dong was slightly stunned and nodded his head thoughtfully.

That night, Chen Yuanxi had nightmares again. He woke up from the nightmare and could not sleep again.

Suddenly, a sound of piano came from the next room. It seemed that it had infinitely shortened the distance between two stars and made Chen Yuanxi feel more comfortable.

Chen Yuanxi walked into Zhang Dong’s room and saw that he was playing with a recorder, from which the piano sound came from…

“When did you sleep at night?” asked Chen Yuanxi.

Zhang Dong did not answer.

Chen Yuanxi saw Zhang Dong’s pillow, which was shaking all the time, and immediately understood what had happened. He turned back to his bedroom and took out his pillow. When he pressed his pillow hard, Zhang Dong’s pillow would not vibrate anymore. Once it was released, Zhang Dong’s pillow would shake violently.

The pillow in his hand plummeted to the ground.

This night, Chen Yuanxi hugged Zhang Dong and slept very well.